Riotinto Railway
The Riotinto Railway was a Spain, Spanish narrow-gauge railway line, predominantly used for mining and industry, that operated between 1875 and 1984. During this time it became one of the main railways in the province of Huelva, gaining a large fleet of rolling stock. The railway was built between 1873 and 1875 by the British Rio Tinto Company Limited (RTC), that sought to provide maritime access to the minerals extracted from ore deposits in the Riotinto-Nerva mining basin. For much of its route, the track ran parallel to the course of the Rio Tinto (river), Tinto River, although in its last stage it ran alongside the Iberian-gauge railways, Iberian-gauge Línea Sevilla-Huelva, Seville-Huelva railway. For over a century, it was one of the most heavily-used mining railways in Spain,. Likewise it had a large fleet of cars and engines, to the point of becoming the second largest in the country after the Renfe. The route closed to public traffic in 1984. After several years the aba ...
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